Ed Nicholas is an Executive Director with Tribe, heading up operations in Australia and leading Tribe’s development business since 2016. Ed joined Tribe after eight years with Mubadala Investment Company in Abu Dhabi, where he was General Counsel, Industry. He has a strong background in corporate advisory, project finance and M&A, having led transactions across Europe, MENA and South-East Asia. Prior to Mubadala, Ed held legal roles with BlueScope Steel, DFDL Mekong (Phnom Penh, Cambodia) and Clayton Utz (Sydney).
Since joining Tribe, Ed has led the development of the A$511m East Rockingham Resource Recovery Facility, a 300,000 tpa energy-from-waste project developed by Tribe in partnership with Hitachi Zosen INOVA and New Energy Corporation. Construction commenced in January 2020 and commercial operations are targeted for Q4 2022. Tribe retains an active interest in the project through a 40% stake jointly held with Masdar, the Abu Dhabi Government’s clean energy investment arm.
In November 2020, Masdar and Tribe announced the formation of a new joint venture vehicle targeting greenfield energy from waste development across Australia. The JV is now working with Opal Australian Paper and Suez to develop the Maryvale EfW project adjacent to Opal’s paper mill. The Maryvale consortium is developing a 325,000 tpa EfW plant, targeting financial close and commencement of construction in Q4 this year.